Further reading and listening
Taking it further
If you've been inspired by music and would like to know more about the Arts and music, take a look at our selection of courses in taking it further.
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Related programme
We've a selection of books which you may like to take a look at to further your interest in the Arts, together with a list of further listening suggestions and weblinks on a diverse range of musical subjects.
Books:
Bach and the Dance of God, by Wilfrid Mellers, published by Faber, 1980
Mediaeval Music by John Caldwell, published by Hutchinson, London, 1978
Palestrina (Oxford Studies of Composers) by Jerome Roche, published by Oxford University, 1971
The Masses and Motets of William Byrd, by Joseph Kerman, published by Faber, London, 1980
The style of Palestrina and the dissonance, by Knud Jeppeson, published by Dover Books, 2005
Weblinks:
BBC Music provides a comprehensive range of music information, from classical to popular music.
Grove Music offers information on all aspects of music, including articles, biographies and composers/musicans works.
JS Bach website gives information on his life and works
Further listening - select list of CDs:
Allegri - Miserere; Lotti - Crucifixus; Palestrina - Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers. Coro 16014
Bach Cantatas: recorded by The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Solists conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner on the Soli Deo Gloria label.
Monastic Chant (The Theatre of Voices) 2 CDs, Harmonia Mundi HMX2907356.57
Spem in alium - Thomas Tallis: Music for Monarchs and Magnates, The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers. Coro 16016
Reviews of sacred music CDs:
From the Eton Choirbook
Music by Bach wth JS Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios
Music including Thomas Tallis with the Huelgas Ensemble
Second Service and Consort Anthems with William Byrd
Other resources - Composer Profiles:
A profile of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
A profile of the composer JS Bach
A profile of the composer Thomas Tallis
A biography of Thomas Tallis
A profile of the composer William Byrd
Other resources:
BBC Radio 3 - A Bach Christmas
BBC Singers: A Choral Timeline - with biographies and audio examples
Thomas Tallis's 40 part motet Spem in Alium with Discovering Music
A comprehensive guide to musical periods, eras and composers with the BBC Essential Guide to Classical Music
A selection of muiscal instruments, genres and composers with BBC Radio 3: Guide to Classical Music
Content last updated: 20/02/2008
